Three Kingdoms

The rapid changes in the current situation and the changes in the situation in Jizhou and Youzhou are just dizzying. One twist after another just makes the people in the game feel breathless.

Seeing that Gongsun Zan had fallen and the Yuan army in Jizhou was in a good situation, in the blink of an eye the Xianbei people came and surrounded Jicheng. Even the second Young Master Yuan was in danger.

But the dark clouds in the sky seemed to disappear under Tian Feng's dazzling brilliance!

Tian Feng not only reversed the unfavorable situation and rescued Yuyang, he even saved the life of the second master Yuan. Even Guo Tu and others who couldn't stand Tian Feng had to be a little unconvinced. A trace of forbearance, and then expressed affirmation and praise for Tian Feng's achievements.

Tian Feng has a bad temper. This is something that most people know, but Tian Feng is indeed capable. If Tian Feng had not calmly analyzed at the critical moment and found the focus of the Xianbei army's attack, Jizhou soldiers might have died. They will be led by the Xianbei people, and in the end they will be exhausted, and may even be defeated.

However, the death of Ju Yi caused the people of Jizhou to lose control or the means to balance Yuan Shao's military power. Although Yan Liangwen Chou was considered a Jizhou native, he was obviously biased towards Yuan Shao. This made Tian Feng helpless even though he was full of schemes. . When you encounter someone who accepts death and is stubborn, even if you wear out your words, it will be useless. This is probably how it feels.

Although Tian Feng, as a representative of the Jizhou clan, did not make an attack when Ju Yi died before, everyone knows that in this contest, the Jizhou nobles have already suffered a loss, and if Yuan Shao does not express his attitude next, There will still be fights next.

However, just like everything has two sides, the opinions of the entire Jizhou gentry are not completely unified. Some people think that Yuan Shao must give an explanation for Ju Yi's matter, while some people think that he did not mention it at the beginning and will re-examine it now. It is meaningless to mention that time has changed, and some people have turned their attention to Tian Feng, believing that Tian Feng did not do a good job of representing the Jizhou gentry, resulting in losses, and should be held responsible and give way to the virtuous people...

At this moment, Yuan Shao sent Guo Tuxinping and others to communicate and comfort some of the Jizhou nobles, and at the same time, he began to prepare for the transfer of internal attention, which was to prepare for the next direction of the battle.

Several armies, under Yuan Shao's strict orders, moved westward one after another. Part of the army led by Gao Gan was even more excited and moved very fast. They had already stationed themselves on the border of Hanoi, always ready to join forces and attack. Shangdang Hedong. Having suffered a defeat in the Shangdang area before, he was already eager to prove that he was not bad with a hearty first victory.

The soldiers of Gongsun Zan recruited by Yuan Shao have been scattered into the hands of Yan Liang and Wen Chou. Zhang also has some, but not many. Most of these Gongsun Zan's soldiers are actually Youzhou county soldiers, and they were suddenly reduced to second-class soldiers. Although most of them Veterans often bully new recruits in the army, but Yuan Shao did not take this issue to heart.

After a battle, the new recruits become veterans. Is there any need to deal with it specially?

All problems are now focused on supplies.

Fei Qian, the general who conquered the West, was limited by food and supplies and almost gave up his land in Guanzhong. It was only through the transfer of money and food from Hanzhong that he could barely survive the drought in the first and second years. By the time of the second year's harvest, It was officially on the right track. For Yuan Shao, people who have been in high positions since childhood are highly sensitive to political balance, but they don't know much about farming at the grassroots level.

Yuan Shao wants to send troops, which means preparing massive amounts of military rations, uniforms, war horses, war coats, armor, weapons, equipment, etc...

These supplementary materials cannot fall from the sky, and Yuan Shao cannot grow these grains by himself, so he can only follow the old method and ask for help from the Jizhou nobles.

That's the problem.

The Jizhou nobles indeed have a deep foundation. If they forcefully bring up those old foundations at the bottom of the warehouse, it is not impossible to support Yuan Shao to start a wave of war again, but the price to pay is too high, just like the original extravagance and waste of fine clothes and fine food. The wealthy children will suddenly have to take the route of food rationing in the apocalypse and have to tighten their belts and learn to be human again. Who can bear this?

Yecheng.

The palace complex in the north of the city is still under construction. The project did not stop for a long time due to the war. Even the rebellion in Yecheng was only suspended for less than a month. The rest of the time, they were working non-stop.

Yecheng has been regarded as a big city in Jizhou since ancient times. Now as the seat of Yuan Shao, it has gathered a large amount of manpower and material resources, and it has shown a strange kind of prosperity, which is not much worse than Luoyang in its heyday.

Such a prosperous appearance also gave Yuan Shao some confidence, so when discussing with Tian Feng and others, his tone was very tough...

"Everyone!" Yuan Shao said impassionedly, "Now that the world is in turmoil, only a quick war can save the situation from the general collapse and save the country from the fire and water! The morale of the soldiers today is high, and it is the right time to use force. You may wish to discuss it! "

Tian Feng frowned.

Jushou cupped his hands and said: "Today is the time for cultivation in Youqingfangding. It is also the time for spring plowing. It is really not possible to start another war. General, please think again!"

Feng Ji said from one side: "Haha... Ju Zhizhi is an easy word to say. Excuse me, now that refugees are everywhere, people are virtuous and can't bear to see people dying of hunger in the wild, so they recruit them into the army to serve and relieve their poverty! According to Ju Zhizhi As you said, could it be that if we don’t send troops, we will have food and grass to solve the current predicament?”

Shen Pei said: "If you have extra refugees, you can use the strategy of farming in the fields. In time, you will have a warehouse full of food and grass!"

Guo Tu also said: "Garrison, where should we garrison it? Are you willing to contribute your land for the general to farm? Or labor, building roads and cities is not bad, but who is willing to contribute money, food and materials? If we don't send troops, this will be impossible. Where will the other refugees be placed? Could it be that they are all trapped and killed?"

The judge was immediately speechless.

Of course, the Jizhou gentry wanted to farm their own land, and they also wanted these refugees to farm their own fields. In this way, these refugees would become domestic slaves and accept the oppression and bullying of the gentry for generations. What a great thing. However, if these nobles are asked to provide money and food, and the refugees become the farmland of General Yuan Shao and Yuan Da, of course no Jizhou nobles would want to do this kind of loss-making business.

The Yuzhou faction under Yuan Shao's tent all laughed at the joke.

Anyway, these people from the Yuzhou faction don’t have any property here, so naturally they are as high-profile as they are, as if if Yuan Shao were in Yuzhou, they would be so generous and bankrupt to support Yuan Shao, leaving the Jizhou faction headed by Tian Feng to follow. It's like eating three or four cockroaches.

Tian Feng coughed and said: "In the first year of Chuping, the general raised an army to attack Dong. We raised 500,000 dan of grain and grass, more than 5,000 oxen and horses, thousands of soldiers and armor, and countless equipment! In the second year of Chuping, the general When we took control of Jizhou, we donated 200,000 stones of grain and grass and a billion dollars to repair the city of Ye. In the third year of Chuping, we recruited more than 20,000 soldiers, fully equipped with armor, to assist the general in the battle of Jieqiao. In the fourth year of Chuping, , the general marched to Qingzhou, recruited soldiers again, allocated 300,000 in money and grain, 10,000 soldiers and armor, and more than 3,000 oxen and horses; in the first year of Yanping, he conquered the remnant bandits in the Black Mountains, and raised 200,000 and 50,000 shi in troops and grain; in the second year of Yanping, he fought in Yi Beijing, another 350,000 shi of grain and grass have been requisitioned! Now we don’t want to, but we really can’t! At present, all the warehouses in Jizhou are empty, the grain stored is not enough for three months, and the coarse kudzu is not enough for half a year! The people who are farming, If it is damaged, the blacksmith has no time to recast it; if the sickle and plow are broken, the craftsman has no time to repair it!”

"General! Jizhou is in trouble!" Tian Feng slammed his cane on the ground. "Now if there is another war, where will the money, food and equipment come from, and how will the people's livelihood be arranged? Isn't it just depleting the lake for fishing, and burning the fields for farming?" General! Please think twice!"

Yuan Shao looked a little confused.

Xu You took a look, laughed twice and said: "In the past, the general felt sorry for your hard work and did not want to overtax you, so he opened a border market to solicit trade and increase military use... Hehe, what is the result? Some people are talking nonsense, He reprimanded the general for competing for profits with the people, and now he talks about caring for the people's livelihood. It's just a matter of words, and it can change overnight..."

Tian Feng suddenly changed his face and couldn't help it.

Is Jizhou poor? Of course. It is much poorer than when Yuan Shao came, but it is not as miserable as Tian Feng said. After all, Jizhou has enjoyed the highly biased policies of the Han Dynasty such as tax reduction and exemption for more than a hundred years, and the accumulated foundation is not It can be said that everything can be lost in three or four years, not to mention that in these three or four years, except for some turbulence in Jizhou at certain times, most of the rest of the time is relatively normal, and the harvest of grain and grass is not small. The positive and negative are offset. There is indeed less money, but he is not the type to beg for food immediately.

Otherwise, Tian Feng and other Jizhou nobles would have jumped up and rebelled long ago, and there would be no time to talk to Yuan Shao...

"Xu Ziyuan!" Tian Feng's face sank, "Opening a border market without permission is an act of capitalizing on the enemy! I haven't investigated you for selling salt and iron, but you dare to speak cleverly and sophistry in front of the general, calling a deer a horse!"

Xu You is not afraid at all, because Yuan Shao agreed to open the border market. In addition, although Xu You is greedy for money, he is very disciplined. Yuan Shao must have a share of the money he makes. Therefore, Tian Feng's duty to Xu You is undoubtedly After accusing Yuan Shao, he sneered: "Tian Gong is indeed upright and will never show favoritism! It's just that the ax can't cultivate one's moral character. I wonder what Tian Gong will do with the Tian family's northward traders?"

The Tian family is also a big family in Jizhou, and there are people who read scriptures. Naturally, some of them are engaged in business, and secretly trade with the barbarians. Basically, any noble family in Jizhou has them, otherwise the cattle, horses and sheep in Jizhou were originally from Where did it come from? You must know that although Jizhou can raise horses, it is not a primitive horse-producing place.

Tian Feng didn't dare to say whether there was anyone in his family who was caught by Xu You, and he couldn't deny it outright. After hearing Xu You's words, his face suddenly turned red and his beard and hair were shaking with anger.

"Okay!" Yuan Shao just in time stopped the situation from developing further and said in a deep voice, "Yuan Hao has always taken the overall situation into consideration, and this is something that is obvious to all! Ziyuan doesn't need to say it! Although Youzhou is stable at the moment, the situation is not yet stable. , you all need to cooperate sincerely to achieve great things!"

"Wei!" Everyone responded in succession. The general's face still needs to be given.

Yuan Shao nodded and continued: "Yuan Hao's concern at the moment is nothing but money and food! It's just that... although Gongsun has been executed, there are still remnants of the army lingering in Liaodong! What's more, Jiyou has been fighting for a long time, and many counties have recruited soldiers. Soldiers make no distinction between good and bad. Even if they are stationed in a camp, they still need food and pay..."

Yuan Shao looked around and said, "Are you all willing to provide it?"

In fact, there is one thing that has not been explained. After the fall of Gongsun Zan, although Yuan Shao gathered these soldiers who originally belonged to Gongsun Zan, Yuan Shao himself had no idea how loyal these soldiers were.

Trap?

It's impossible, otherwise the remaining forces led by Gongsun Du in Liaodong will definitely fight to the death and have no room left. Therefore, Yuan Shao can only accept them regardless of good or bad, but after accepting them, it is impossible to keep them in vain. , so finding a place to play the role of these soldiers naturally became Yuan Shao's best choice.

Tian Feng was silent. It's not that he doesn't understand Yuan Shao's actions, he's just worried that Yuan Shao can't take them back after he lets them go. Although he has this idea or plan, it's just that everything has two sides. If he wins, it's easy to say anything, but What if the attack fails? Will we need to invest more at that time or simply cut off the investment?

"General Zhengxi is not a person who is easy to deal with..." Tian Feng said slowly, "The mountain roads are rugged. If the attack is unfavorable, it will be a big defeat..."

When Yuan Shao heard that Tian Feng's tone was loose, he smiled and said, "I have Yuan Hao, the help of everyone here, and the bravery of soldiers and generals. How can I be afraid of conquering the west?"

Now in Yuan Shao's heart, he still thinks that Cao Cao is still his younger brother, and his younger brother seems to have removed the heavy stone that had been weighing on him for a long time...

If Yuan Shu arrives, who else in the world can compete?

That is to say, General Zhengxi, who moved north from Guanzhong, is left.

If the expedition to the west is defeated, the world will almost be doomed. By then...

Ha ha……

Tian Feng pondered for a long time, stretched out three fingers, and said: "If the general wants to move westward, there is nothing wrong with it, but he needs to agree to three things, and we will naturally support him."

Yuan Shao nodded and said, "Yuan Hao, please speak."

"First, please quickly order Cao Mengde to send His Majesty to Yecheng!" Tian Feng said in a deep voice, "Now that Cao Mengde has moved to Sikong again, he may have already had the intention of establishing a separate institution. If it is not restrained, there may be changes!"

Yuan Shao was a little disapproving, but for Tian Feng's sake, he nodded and said, "Yes."

"Secondly, don't hurt Yuan Jiujiu's life! Those who want to achieve great things need to be benevolent in the world! If you can't tolerate brothers, how can you convince everyone?" Yuan Shao has ambitions. Everyone knows this. Although it is difficult for brothers to kill each other, Avoid, but even ambitious people must know how to be good at modifying themselves, just like Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu and his brothers.

Yuan Shao was silent for a long time, nodded and said, "That's okay!"

"Third! The so-called adjustment can't be three. If the war in the west is unfavorable, we can't stick to one moment and one place. It's absolutely not advisable to resort to military force!" Tian Feng stared at Yuan Shao with a firm attitude.

Yuan Shao took a deep breath and said, "Yes!"

Tian Feng nodded and said nothing more.

Yuan Shao stood up and said proudly: "This will make it easier for us to swear to the west in three days!"